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Effect of the interleukin-6 (-174) g/c promoter polymorphism on adiponectin and insulin sensitivity.
Obesity research - 1 May 2005
Yang Xiaolin, Jansson Per-Anders, Pellmé Fredrik, Laakso Markku, Smith Ulf
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We investigated the relation among the interleukin (IL)-6 (-174) G/C promoter polymorphism, adipose tissue gene expression of IL6, circulating adiponectin, and systemic insulin sensitivity. Eighty-five Swedish male subjects who had participated in our previous prediabetic phenotype characterization study were genotyped for the IL6 (-174) G/C polymorphism. Subcutaneous adipose tissue gene expression of IL6 and...
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